Sauvage Dior 2015 Eau de Toilette

I confess I have Sauvage, and yes, I like him. I don't wear it very often, because the weather in Ireland cannot be compared with the German weather, and I think that's where it belongs.

If I read the ratings and comments, hardly any other fragrance seems to polarize as much as Dior Sauvage, from disgust and disgust to admiration, you will find a rich palette.
Why do I wear it? When it came out I would have liked to try it out - I admit to the hype and all. -but the salesgirl said it was the most popular men's fragrance in Ireland and therefore always gone. Ok, at first I thought so too, but I can hardly smell the fragrance and, mostly women buy the fragrances for their men, while the generation between 18 and 22 tend to go to the perfume departments of department stores - be it Brown & Thomas, Debenhams, or Boots, with most fragrances in locked display cases - and use the testers intensively before rushing to clubs or dates. But I rarely saw, better not to use any of the sauvage.
It may be different in Germany, is it mainstream? What is mainstream? If I look at the list of popularity, then yes, because it ranks seventh, but is that important when a fragrance is well done? Actually, less, and in my eyes, he is neat and tidy.
Maybe many people orientate themselves by the commercial with Johnny Depp, he on the buffalo and a car driving by, or was it the other way round? It says that Depp needed the money badly. Is the scent bad now because Depp is the advertising face?

Now I like to wear Eau des Baux in the colder season, and now and then Sauvage. The question is why? Quite simply because taste is mostly subjective and, as a pathologist once explained to me, the quantity makes the poison which is deadly. So it is with Sauvage, because Dior starts with Ambroxan, you could have used the stomach contents - or profane whale vomit - but then it would no longer be affordable, so you resort to a synthetic material. But you can also stick your finger down the throat of a sperm whale, or put a bullet between its eyes, then you have ambergris for the rest of your life (maybe I'll make a trip to Waterford, or Dingle). And Dior is not the first and only producer who puts Ambroxan, or Ambra in the foreground, the list is long. Then comes this short transition, which reminds me of herbs and towards the end of a spice market in Madras or nutmeg, the pepper is to blame according to the motto "if it's too strong, you're too weak For me it goes in a warm direction, therefore a fragrance for the winter and no fragrance for the whole year, there it has its justification.

Metaphorically speaking, I think the commercial is supposed to suggest leaving the old behind, practically the transition to getting older when you leave a stage of life behind, but ok, advertising and marketing are debatable. "For the creation of Sauvage, the man was my starting point. The pure and obvious masculinity. Like the image of a man who is timeless and never goes out of fashion," said Francois Demachy, "Well, I see it a little differently, but the important thing is the result and that doesn't fit in the desert, but to someone who is slowly turning grey. He is not the egg-laying wool-milk sow, so not a masterpiece, but not a natural disaster either, wild yes, but somewhat castrated, unlike Antaeus or Kouros.

So, ladies and gentlemen, let's come to my closing statement: I like Sauvage because it gives the wearer a pleasant feeling in the cold season, and is an all-rounder. It goes well with casual wear, the barbour jacket, the Donegal Tweet Jacket and the business suit. It can be worn in the office, opera or theatre. Is it hooker diesel, as someone wrote? Good grief, No! It is neither opulent, pompous, sweet, nor heavy. It is solidly handmade, rebellious at the beginning, then in the course of the fragrance it radiates warmth and softness, like tufts or fleece blankets. With me it arouses emotions after a fireplace in the living room, ours is in the kitchen, as is usual in English and Irish households. With a Baileys, or good whisky, Sauvage is comfortable. Is he an attractant for the opposite sex? It's a thing like that, I have the impression that many people buy fragrances not because they like them or because they feel comfortable, but because they think the female/male counterpart will become unconscious and can be dragged into the cave, I'll put it this way, when someone says red wine bewitches the opposite sex, these people would spray themselves with Beaujolais Nouveau. I bet that without fools, advertising and marketing, some people would probably go into ecstasy or not even notice it, because the market is constantly bringing new fragrances to the people. As for compliments, I got exactly three from the owner of my stationery shop where I buy refills for my Parker pens, and cartridges for the Lamy. When I stood by Cross' pens after I paid for them, she said, "you smell handsome, my love", the others were from a colleague and a colleague who thinks perfume is something nasty. But I don't need any compliments, my wife likes him very much and that is compliment and confirmation enough for me. And that brings me to the end of my presentation, I will be a jury member and leave Sauvage to your judgment.